The Casuarina Cove (2009)

Forced to give up his dreams of art school, Zach works dead-end jobs to support his sister and her son. Questioning his life, he paints, surfs and hangs out with his best friend, Gabe. When Gabe's older brother returns home for the summer, Zach suddenly finds himself drawn into a relationship he didn't expect.

The story of Nathan, a young teenager who tries to flourish in a romantic relationship with neighbour Roy. The two young men will have to face the brutal reality of the rural south of the United States in the late 1970s.

인권운동가이자 정치인이었으며 그의 시대로부터 지금까지 수많은 이들에게 희망의 이름이 된, 하비 밀크의 생애 마지막 8년의 이야기. 1970년, 40세 생일을 맞이한 뉴욕의 평범한 증권맨 하비 밀크(숀 펜)는 스스로에게 솔직하지 못했던 지난 인생을 뒤돌아보며 애인인 스콧(제임스 프랑코)과 함께 자유로운 분위기의 샌프란시스코로 이주하기로 결심한다. 그곳에서 작은 카메라 가게를 차린 밀크는 편견 없는 마음과 유쾌한 성품으로 많은 이들의 친구가 되고, 동성애자들에 대한 일상적인 편견과 폭력으로 고통받는 이웃들을 보며 게이 인권운동을 시작한다. 인종, 나이, 성에 상관 없이 모두가 평등한 권리와 기회를 누리는 사회를 꿈꾸던 그는 3번의 실패 끝에 샌프란시스코 시의원에 당선되는데...

한 젊은 정비사가 이성애자인 절친들에게 자신이 동성애자임을 고백한다. 그의 커밍아웃을 받아 들인 절친들은 괜찮은 남자를 찾아 주기로 결심한다.

독실한 크리스챤 집안에서 자란 바비는 자신이 동성에자라는 사실을 숨기며 변화를 강요하는 어머니. 외면하는 가족들로부터 고통을 받는다. 있는 그대로의 자신을 받아 들이지 못하는 부모와의 갈등으로 인해 주인공은 결국 극단적인 선택을 취하게 되면서 결말은 파국으로 치닫게 된다. 그 비극적인 결말 끝에 자신의 잘못과 편견을 인정하고 게이 인권운동을 하게되는 어머니의 깨달음과 성적 소수자들을 위한 희망이 숨어있는 영화

Teenage gang member Cal, hides his sexuality from his fellow gang members despite their often violent dislike of anyone that isn't the same as them, be they unsuspecting shoppers, foreign students, gays, etc. When his world collides with Olivier, a student he rescues from a pointless beating, he encounters a lifestyle that presents as many new experiences as it does obstacles.

눈부신 만년설로 뒤덮인 봉우리와 맑고 깊은 계곡, 한없이 펼쳐진 푸른 초원 위에 노니는 수천 마리의 양떼가 장관을 이루고 있는 8월의 브로크백 마운틴. 이곳의 양떼 방목장에서 여름 한 철 함께 일하게 된 갓 스물의 두 청년 에니스와 잭은 마치 오랜 친구처럼 서로에게 마음을 터놓는 사이가 된다. 대자연의 품에서 깊어져 간 그들의 우정은 친구 사이의 친밀함 이상으로 발전해간다. 그들 앞에 놓인 낯선 감정의 실체가 무엇인지도 알지 못한 채 짧은 방목철이 끝나고 다시 만날 기약도 없이 두 사람은 각자의 삶으로 돌아간다. 결혼해 아이를 낳고 평범한 생활을 하다가 4년 만에 다시 만난 두 사람은 단번에 브로크백에서 서로에게 가졌던 그 낯선 감정이 일시적인 것이 아니었음을 알게 되는데...

마이애미에 살고 있는 샤이론은 리틀이라고 불리는 작고 마른 흑인 소년이다. 내성적이고 말수 없는 그는 반 아이들에게 놀림과 괴롭힘을 받기 일쑤. 어느 날 아이들의 괴롭힘을 피하려던 리틀은 후안의 창고로 들어가고, 그와 가까이 지내게 된다. 그는 마약 중독에 감정 기복이 심한 엄마보다 자신을 있는 그대로 받아들여주고 지지해주는 후안에게서 많은 것을 배운다. 10대 청소년이 된 샤이론은 유일하게 자신을 무시하지 않는 친구 케빈에게 애틋한 감정을 느끼지만, 그를 괴롭히는 패거리는 둘 사이를 갈라놓는데...

Set during a long, hot summer on the Thamesmead Estate in Southeast London, three teenagers edge towards adulthood.

이성애자인 룸메이트와의 홈파티에서 많이 취하게 된 러셀은 파티가 끝난 후 게이클럽으로 향한다. 영업 종료시간을 얼마 앞둔 그곳에서 운명의 상대 글렌을 만난다. 원 나잇 스탠드로 끝날 거라 생각했던 만남은 전혀 다른, 특별한 것이 되어간다.

Gabriel rents a room in Juan’s House. They work together in a Woodwork place. Gabriel is a very quiet guy and has a little daughter. Juan is a party boy who has a lots of girls around. Inadvertently the sexual tension starts to grow between them. It opens a new hidden forbidden world they have to deal with.

단지 친구 사이의 ‘마티아스’와 ‘막심’이 뜻밖의 키스 이후 마주한 세상, 그 시작을 담은 이 순간 뜨겁게 빛나는 우리들의 드라마. 너와 나의 드라마는 지금부터

문란한 성생활을 즐기는 파티 보이 크리스찬과 그의 이웃집에 이사온 순진한 몰몬교 청년 선교사 아론의 사랑 이야기. 아론을 꼬시고 말겠다며 친구들과 내기를 했던 크리스찬은 순수한 아론을 점점 진심으로 사랑하게 된다. (바다공원님 제공)

When juvenile inmate Malcolm is offered a chance at parole, he is torn between his chance for freedom and protecting the one he loves.

The holidays get overly festive as Olaf "Gunn" Gunnunderson, an out-and-proud gay college student, crawls back into the closet to survive the holidays with his parents. But when his boyfriend, Nathan, shows up at their doorstep unannounced, Gunn must put on a charade to keep the relationship a secret. With pressure mounting from all sides, will Gunn come out before the truth does?

Steven spends his school days longing for all-star athlete John. But John has a gorgeous girlfriend, and Steven is still in the closet about being gay. The only one who knows the teenager's secret is his friend Linda. After a curious run-in with John in a public restroom, Steven starts to wonder if the jock is straight after all. When they start a romance, it threatens to expose the truth about both of them.

전교생이 럭비에 목숨 건 기숙 학교. 새로 전학 온 자칭 왕따가 교내 럭비 스타와 룸메이트가 되면서 모두의 예상을 뛰어넘은 기묘한 우정이 탄생한다.

천재 사기꾼의 황당한 코믹 탈옥기! 전미를 발칵~뒤집은 초대형 리얼 사기극! 자상한 남편이자, 좋은 아빠, 성실한 경찰이었던 스티븐 러셀(짐 캐리). 갑작스런 교통사고로 죽다 살아난 그는 갖고 싶은거, 하고 싶은거, 먹고 싶은거 다 하며 살기로 결심한다. 하지만 럭셔리 삶을 위해 가장 필요한 건 바로 돈! 결국 스티븐은 천재적인 두뇌로 보험사기, 카드사기, 식품사기 등 기상천외한 방법으로 사기행각을 벌이고 결국 감옥에 들어간다. 거기서 운명적인 사랑(?) 필립 모리스(이완 맥그리거)를 만나게 되고, 이번엔 그와 함께 하기 위해 7전8기 탈옥사기에 도전하는데… 6월 24일, 세상을 뒤흔들 충격적인 사기전말이 공개된다!

전 세계 전 시대를 통틀어서 가장 대중적인 소재인 삼각관계. 게다가 화려한 맨해튼 사교계의 모습까지. 이 영화는 분명 게이드라마 마니아들의 취향을 저격한 영화임에 틀림없다. 첫 맛은 달달하고 끝 맛은 씁쓸한 순도 높은 카카오 초콜릿 같은 로맨스를 바라는 관객들에게 추천한다. (2016년 제16회 퀴어영화제)

Conrad is a gay man living in NYC. He's also CEO of an ad agency and by nature a control freak. Although Conrad is still in love with Martin (his ex), he hires a young Aussie hustler named Tyler, first for a night and then to work for his company. Things get increasingly complicated as Conrad tries to rekindle things with Martin. Meanwhile Tyler (who's daytime name is Ian) falls for Michael his new supervisor

Boys On Film goes down under to bring a fresh batch of funny and touching tales courtesy of our Aussie and Kiwi cousins, while stories of men falling in love from the USA and Hawai'i to Singapore via Korea round out the collection. Volume 6: Pacific Rim contains eight complete films: Craig Boreham's "Drowning" starring Miles Szanto, Xavier Samuel, and Bren Foster; Hannah Hilliard's "Franswa Sharl" starring Callan McAuliffe, John Batchelor, and Diana Glenn; Boo Junfeng's "The Casuarina Cove" starring Nick Shen, Scott Lei, and Yann Yann Yeo; Christopher Banks's "Teddy" starring Brian Moore, Chris Tempest, and Alan Granville; Kim Jho Gwang-soo's "Love, 100°C" starring Do-jin Kim, Jae-won Kwak, and Se-Hyun Yun; Sophie Hyde's "My Last Ten Hours With You" starring Toby Schmitz and Joel McIlroy; Darcy Prendergast's "Ron the Zookeeper" featuring Marc Gallagher and Darcy Prendergast; and Brent Anbe's "Ajumma! Are You Krazy???" starring Thea Matsuda, Tessie Magaoay, and Cari Mizumoto.

Boys On Film 5: Candy Boy features nine award-winning short films. Boys will be boys in Pascal-Alex Vincent's FAR WEST and CANDY BOY, where a farmyard and an orphanage get a gay makeover. GO-GO REJECT sees Flashdance obsessive Daniel aim for the stars, as SWEAT has Holby City's David Paisley infiltrating a bath house with unexpected results. Meanwhile, love proves to be timeless when LAST CALL unites past and present, but TWOYOUNGMEN, UT. hints at an uncertain future. Looking back on the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet, BLOCKS focuses on the sexual awakening of a peeping Tom. Two more young boys, a confused JAMES and mute DAVID, both reach out for an experienced hand, but will they find what they are looking for?

Elliot Tittensor (TV's Shameless) stars as Daz in headlining film PROTECT ME FROM WHAT I WANT, a gripping British film debut that sees him woo a young lad in an underpass, only to be threatened with a break-up the following morning. Passive and submissive roles are tackled and tugged in gay graffiti tale VANDALS and Icelandic grapple-fest WRESTLING, while POSTMORTEM, MY NAME IS LOVE, and Iris Prize-winner STEAM look at promising encounters that turn awry. Rounding out the collection are HEIKO, an alternative ode to foot fetishes, BREATH where 12-year-old Erik swims out to sea to make a daring move on his best friend's father, and the crème de la crème from this collection TREVOR, which won multiple prestigious awards from Sundance, Berlinale, and even The Academy Awards (Oscar) for Best Short Film.

Jared is closeted. Sam is straight. They find a connection in each other that they've never had before, but where do they go from there? Over the course of three nights, six gay men sat down for interviews about their experiences, sexual and otherwise, with straight men. Those documentary interviews provide the narration for 'Curious Thing' as we watch Jared and Sam form a friendship that tests the boundaries of what they know about love. But as Jared's walls slowly come down and his passion for Sam grows, things take an unexpected turn.

사랑하는 딸 사라를 불의의 교통사로로 잃은 나탈리는 딸을 잊지 못해 괴로워한다. 딸이 즐겨 방문했던 곳을 찾아가 딸의 생전 친구들을 만나 함께 시간을 보내면서 상실감을 조금씩 치유해간다.

일상적인 모습의 부부 그러던 모습뒤에 가려진 아내의 간통 어떤가 남자와 여자의 사랑이 믿었던 모습이 거짓으로 드러나는데 이런 장면이 있다 아내가 거울을보며 흐느끼는 첫 장면 영화를 끝까지 보고서 이 장면이 무엇인지 확인해줬으면 좋겠다 그저 영화를 넘겨 보는 사람들이 있다 필자도 그러하다 그러나 장면속에 숨어진 뜻은 보는 사람마다 다르다 그러니 충분히 생각하며 받아들이는 자세를 배우자

시골 유권자들의 표가 필요한 정치 전략가. 한 영상에서 애국 시민의 소신 발언을 듣고 그가 사는 마을로 날아간다. 그리고 그를 시장 후보로 만들며 시골 마을 선거를 뜨겁게 달구기 시작한다.

Young Beetle Hobbs wants out of his small town and sees his ticket in Grady Wilson. Set in the desolate Smoky Mountains, Grady has recently left the big city to become the proprietor of a resort lodge. When Beetle joins Grady's staff, he gives new meaning to the adage 'keep your friends close and your enemies closer'. A stunning ensemble cast steer this original tale of chilling suspense as different shades of gray ignite a battle between good and evil. FLIGHT OF THE CARDINAL possesses a rare combination of heart and soul with edge-of-your-seat suspense

Tom Peters looks back to 1978, the year in high school that he came out of the closet. Tom's mom is both sweet and intrusive, urging him to take out girls. She also drags him to her disco-dancing lessons. His friendship with Matt becomes his first love, and then Matt turns on Tom with homophobic venom. Later, Matt and Matt's new girlfriend trash the classroom of an effeminate teacher with more vicious homophobia. At first, Tom joins in heaping scorn on the teacher, then he has to decide if it isn't time to open the closet door. A crisis of sorts ensues with his mom, and disco proves to be a balm.

Each of the three short films in this collection presents a young gay man at the threshold of adulthood. In "Pool Days," Justin is a 17-year old Bethesda lad, hired as the evening life guard at a fitness center. In the course of the summer, he realizes and embraces that he's gay. In "A Friend of Dorothy," Winston arrives from upstate for his freshman year at NYU. He has to figure out, with some help from Anne, a hometown friend, how to build a social life as a young gay man in the city. In "The Disco Years," Tom looks back on 1978, the year in high school that he came out of the closet after one joyful and several painful encounters

Shinohara, a young bodybuilder, joins a para-military sect in northern Japan. His instructor, Takizawa, takes a liking to the new recruit. After an early “special” training session the two develop a lasting and loving relationship. “Beautiful Mystery” was the first gay “adult” film to come out of Japan. Although tame by U.S. standards, it is ground–breaking nonetheless.

Justin, a 17-year old entering his final year of high school, gets a job as a life guard at a fitness center. Surrounded by hard bodies of both sexes and instructed by his boss to keep an eye on the steam room to report any men having sex, Justin begins to divine the direction his erotic feelings point. In separate incidents, Vicky and Russell, two older co-workers, hit on him. He tries out responses to both, and then must figure out what to do with his new self-knowledge.

Winston arrives at NYU as a freshman, knowing he's gay and wondering where that fact will lead him. He falls hard for Tom, his temporary roommate who's soon to leave for L.A., and it's a big risk to express these feelings. Meanwhile, temptations and opportunities abound in the Village: sex in public toilets, uninhibited people at parties, and knowing Act-uppers. Plus, there are misinterpreted signals, like the ones Winston gets from a Moonie. With help from his hometown friend Anne, Winston keeps his equilibrium and finds the perfect place to meet someone: the Judy Garland rack at Tower Records.

평소 그레그의 일상은 가족과 사랑, 장난꾸러기 강아지로 채워져 있지만 사실 그에겐 비밀이 있다. 하지만 오늘은 다르다. 그레그는 자신의 어른스러운 강아지와 약간의 마법의 도움을 빌려 이 비밀을 숨길 필요 없다는 것을 깨닫는다.

On his family's farm in rural Iowa, young Jack Gudmanson is wrestling with his sexual identity, not an easy thing to do in the macho world of the Midwest. But things become clearer for him when he discovers via a rusty old lunch box filled with gay magazines that his father, killed in Vietnam, led a double life down on the farm. But as liberating as the discovery is for Jack, it is painful for his grandfather and mother, who have tried for years to keep it a family secret. Now Jack must decide whether to share this new information with his younger sister or allow it to remain buried a while longer.

A father and his gay son use the opportunity of a car ride to have a sometimes uncomfortable conversation.

June has been living rough. Her truck has been doubling as her home for a little too long. Her hopes extinguished by the city of broken dreams. She lives to please no-one, outside of the oppressive male-gaze. She just wants to sweat a little bit.

Four gay men on a Friday night out in Los Angeles.

As Sgt. Randozza, a beefy, gay Chicago cop, leaves a bar with his lover, a gang of high-school punks decide to do some "fag-bashing". Tony's gun cools them off, and after giving them a brutal verbal dressing down, he forces the leader of the gang, Jimmy, to come to his house the next night for dinner. Jimmy soon gets a harsh lesson in sexual tolerance.

A dyed-in-the-wool Londoner travels 10,000 miles to rural New Zealand to rekindle an old relationship, only to find that its fate lies in the paws of a faded old teddy bear.